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Mixed Media Box

Hello all!!

Today I am featuring a mixed media box that I have been working on for a few days now. 

I had this beautiful little Grpahic 45 book box sitting on my shelf for awhile. I finally decided to take it down and do something with it. I love mixed media and decided to use this box as my jumping point. 



I started out with covering the sides of the box with Finnabair Art Basics modeling paste thru a Tim holtz Stencil. While that was drying I started throwing on all sorts of found things from my collection. What’s so great about mixed media is you can really use anything!

After that was dry, I covered the whole box in black gesso from Art Basics. I followed that with dry brushing some Finnabair Metallique paint in Silver Spoon. I purposely left some black showing thru in places. This gave it an aged look. 


After all that was dry I went to town with more of the Metallique paints, and some of the amazing waxes from Finnabair. Here is the finished results:







I am so in love with how this turned out. The waxes are the most incredible thing and I love how they made the paper flowers look like metal. 

Supplies used:
Art Basics Modeling Paste
Art Basics Black Gesso
Art Alchemy Metallique paints in: Silver Spoon, Steampunk Copper, and White Pearl
Art Alchemy Opal Magic paint in Pink-Blue
Art Alchemy Sparks paint in Unicorn Hair
Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance Wax in Red Amber
Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Aged Brass

Be sure to check out my Instagram, Amrtlj, for behind the scenes posts as projects are being made. 
Thanks for stopping by!-AR
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  1. Catherine RobinsonSeptember 23, 2017 at 7:04 PM

    Lovely! And I agree, the paper flowers do look like they are metal

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